The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-10
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS.
Strange Meeting of Professor and Student ii
Siberia.

Siberia.
Levant Herald.
Our Odessa correspondent reports Siberian
incident narrated by civil engineer,
just returned from central ASIA where
he has spent the past six years of his life.
The monotony of his residence In those remote
provinces was broken by an occasional hunting
expedition into Siberia. On one CT these trap
ping expeditions, which included younger
lated in a pine forest and at some distance
from the days bivouac. They we're utterly
astray. stenorian view halloo reverberating
through the silent recesses of the forest depths
brought to the assistance and guidance of the
party wood .cntter--an old man of some three
score years, with tangled locks coarse kaftan,
and bark swathed feet Under the old mans
guidance the party found rude hut charcoal
fire, and some nipple cooking utensils The
engineer noticed that the old wood cutter. when
unobserved, scanned his face rather atentively.
He took quiet opportunity of asking the old
man if he observed in him any esenblance to
some one he had previously known. "A very
strong resem olauce," was the reply. Were you
not fifteen years ago student of
the Richelevski Gymnase in Odessa2"
The engineer answered afirmatv'ly And
do you remember Professor -P Ser
tainly; he beloved by every
student in his class / shall always remember
kindly the amiable and learned professor who
disappeared so suddenly and mysterusly from
Odessa. But what do you know of hm!" The
old wood-cutter for the first time smiled, the
heavy mustache and beard had hidden the lines
had not forgotten the peculiarly sad sweetness
of his old professors smile The ragged and
picturesque woodcutter and the former learned
professor of Sanscrit and comparative ohilology
were the same. THE rencontre,' continues our
correspondent. twas. under the circumstances,
naturally at once pleasing and painful TO my
friend, to whose immediate and anxious inquir-
les the old man replied sadly: All God's WILL
my boy. AS to the suddenness AMI mys-
terry of my disappearance from Odessa,
the secret police might hav. ex-
planned. Nothing beyond untounde1
picion of disaffection to our Little Fathe, and
a preposterous charge of disseminating revo-
Punishment. But do not repine L have suf-
fcient philosophy left to apply myself to the
Telling of pine trees with the Same that
with which l formerly delighted to pursue a
knotty pathological problem. Am not wise
my generation and old age! l am deprived Of
the sight and compauionship of old friends, but
God gives me health and portion of content
ment My masters pay me with but few unkind
words and two rubles per mensem. My old
Odessa pupils paid me sig rubles an hour But
what of that? / have sufficient. Sometimes
old memories draw tightly round the heart and
give infinite pain. Then 1 swing nv heavy
adZe with greater force and endeavor &c forget
face of my old pupil; but do not probe my heart,
child. l ask you not to speak to me at parting
You were always obedient. and you hear me-
God keep you! Good-b yev The old man would
not allow my friend TO convey any messages to
relatives or acquaintance who, he saio, had
probably long since forgotten his existence. and
he would not disturb dead memories. How
men also of birth, breeding. and brilliant intel
lectual parts, laneuishing out their lives in the
dreary wilds of Siberia for a baseless suspicion?
The reflection is saddeuing"